Train Strikes Car, Killing Chicago Man

February 17, 1991

SKOKIE — A 65-year-old Chicago man was killed Saturday at a railroad crossing in Skokie when he drove across the tracks and his car was struck by an Amtrak train, police said.

Paul Seral, of 7085 N. Mason Ave., had first stopped at the safety gates on Lehigh Avenue near Oakton Street but then drove across the tracks when the gates may have been partially opened, according to Skokie police.

``There have been no problems. We haven`t had anything in years,`` Skokie Police Sgt. Jon Degusto said of the crossing. Degusto said the accident was still under investigation.

Seral was pronounced dead at Rush North Shore Medical Center in Skokie, according to the medical examiner`s office.